Bossypants vs Wild: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Biography & Memoir
Bossypants
Tina Fey’s new book Bossypants is short, messy, and impossibly funny (an apt description of the comedian herself). From her humble roots growing up in Pennsylvania to her days doing amateur improv in Chicago to her…
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Wild
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she'd lost…
The verdict
- Readers rate Wild highest: Wild 4.5 · Bossypants 4.0.
- Bossypants has the widest readership — 1071946 ratings behind its score.
- Wild runs the darker storyline; Bossypants stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Bossypants
1071946 ratings vs 6420 for Wild
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Wild
4.5 vs 4.0 from readers
New to the genre?
Bossypants
Light vs Demanding for Wild
In the mood for something dark?
Wild
a darker storyline than Bossypants
Want something lighter?
Bossypants
an easier tone than Wild
Scores by source
| Bossypants | Wild | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (1071946) | 3.9 (93) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (982) | 3.8 (2) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | 3.5 (73) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (4237) | 4.5 (6420) |
Reception
| Bossypants | Wild | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1071946 | 6420 |
| Editions | 15 | 31 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 609003 | 90 |
| Reading it now | 12508 | 5 |
| Written reviews | 45022 | 15 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2957 | 753 |
| Pages | 277 | 336 |